Leonardo Vinci – Artaserse (Diego Fasolis) [2012]

1.Atto primo

Sinfonia
Rec.: Addio, Sentimi Arbace
Aria: Conservati fedele
Rec.: Figlio, Arbace. Signor
Aria: Fra cento affanni
Rec.: Coraggio o miei pensieri
Aria: Su le sponde del torbido Lete
Rec.: Qual vittima si svena! - Dove, principe, dove?
Aria: Per pieta, bell'idol mio
Rec.: Gran cose io temo
Aria: Sogna il guerrier le schiere
Rec.: Voi della Persia
Aria: Bramar di perdere
Rec.: Ah, Mandane... Artaserse - Signore. Amico
Rec.: Artaserse respira
Rec.: Arbace e il reo
Aria: Deh respirar lasciatemi
Rec.: E innocente dovrai traggi soffrir
Aria: Non ti son padre
Rec.: Ma per qual fallo mai
Aria: Torna innocente e poi
Rec.: Mio ben, mia vita...
Aria: Dimmi che un empio sei
Recitativo accompagnato: No che non ha
Aria: Vo un mar crudele

2.Atto secondo

Rec.: Dal carcere o custodi
Aria: Rendimi il caro amico
Rec.: Son quasi in porto
Aria: Mi scacci sdegnato!
Rec.: I tuoi deboli affetti - Figlia, e questi il tuo sposo
Aria: Amalo e se al tuo sguardo
Rec.: Ascolta o Megabise
Aria: Non temer ch'io mai ti dica
Rec.: Qual serie di sventure
Aria: Se d'un amor tiranno
Rec.: A qual di tanti mali
Aria: Se del fiume altera l'onda
Rec.: Mio re, chiedono a gara - Artaserse pieta - E vana la tua, la mia pieta
Rec.: Tanto in odio alla Persia
Aria: Per quel paterno amplesso
Rec.: A pezzo del mio sangue
Aria: Va' tra le selve ircane
Rec.: Quanto, amata Semira
Aria: Per quell'affetto
Rec.: Dell'ingrata Semira
Aria: Non conosco in tal momento
Rec.: Son pur solo una volta
Aria: Cosi stupisce e cade

3.Atto terzo

Arioso: Perche tarda e mai la morte
Rec.: Arbace. Oh dei, che miro!
Aria: L'onda dal mar divisa
Rec.: Quella fronte sicura e quel sembiante
Aria: Nuvoletta opposta al sole
Recitativo: Figlio, Arbace, ove sei?
Aria: Ardito ti renda
Rec.: Trovaste avversi dei
Aria: Figlio se piu non vivi
Rec.: Ne pur qui la ritrovo
Duetto: Tu vuoi ch'io viva o cara
Rec.: A voi popoli io m'offro
Rec. accompagnato: 'Lucido dio per cui l'april fiorisce'
Rec.: Al riparo signor - Ferma o germano
Rec.: Ecco Arbace, o monarca, a' piedi tuoi
Rec. accompagnato: 'Lucido dio per cui l'april fiorisce'
Rec.: Ferma; e veleno
Coro: Giusto re, la Persia adora

Artaserse - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Mandane - Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Artabano - Daniel Behle  (tenor)
Arbace - Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Semira - Valer Bama-Sabadus (countertenor)
Megabise - Yuriy Mynenko (countertenor)
Concerto Köln
Diego Fasolis – conductor

25.11.2012 Théâtre Municipal de Lausanne

The opera libretto Artaserse (Artaxerxes) by Pietro Metastasio was the hit of the 18th century opera seria. It was set more than 40 times, including once in English (by Thomas Arne), and its popularity lasted into the 19th century. The opera by Leonardo Vinci recorded here, however, was the very first one, dating from 1730. It's easy to see even at this late date why Metastasio's libretto appealed to opera composers and operagoers so much. The story, concerning the Persian king Xerxes' son Artaxerxes I (based very loosely on actual events), features royal pomp, young love, betrayal, tragic self-sacrifice, and, to top it all off, a happy ending. Musically the opera is odd by present-day standards; it called for an all-male cast, women being banned from Roman theaters at the time. The cast consisted of five castrati, sung here by countertenors, and one tenor, the villain Artabano. It's a big work, with sober processionals and spectacular arias for almost all the characters. French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky has never been in better voice, but the performance is equally notable for introducing some lesser-known countertenors, such as the creamy-voiced Valer Barna-Sabadus as Semira, Artaserse's frustrated lover. It's not until now, as a matter of fact, that a critical mass of countertenors has been available to perform music of this difficulty, and the results are worth hearing on several levels. Slowly but surely, the history of opera in the 18th century is being rewritten. ---James Manheim, Rovi

Leonardo Vinci, (born 1690, Strongoli, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]—died May 27, 1730, Naples), Italian composer who was one of the originators of the Neapolitan style of opera; along with Nicola Porpora, his followers included Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Johann Adolph Hasse.

Vinci’s first known work was a comic opera in the Neapolitan dialect, Lo cecato fauzo (1719; “The False Blind Man”). He served as chapelmaster to the prince of Sansevero and in 1725 received a conductorship of the royal chapel at Naples, a post he held until his death. His earliest extant serious opera, Silla dittatore (1723; “Silla the Dictator”), inaugurated a series of about 40 operas, most written for Naples but some for Rome. Arias from his operas were published in London in 1758 under the title Collection of Songs. In addition to his operas, Vinci also composed oratorios, masses, and motets. --- britannica.com

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